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I woke up this morning to 0 Deg F, yesterday it was snow, today it's the cold! I've got the engine heater plugged in on the truck, it wouldn't start without it today. I felt a bit chilly on my morning walk, but not too bad. If I ever get the truck to start I've got a dentist appointment in town, but not much else to do today!:( (I guess I'll have to camp out on the internet today!) :)

The cold, or the worst of it is mostly over for now, but we had wind chill's of as cold as -40 I heard. I had to thaw the water system out, my cousin had a burst pipe from the wind vacuuming all the heat out and freezing it.

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That's putting it so mildly that you are bordering on the sarcastic!

Is it better to have the expense of a tape heater and packing the pipes than replacing burst ones?

I lived in one place where I had to trickle the cold water (but not the hot) overnite to keep the pipes going, but that was city water, not a well!

I know it doesn't sound right but it's better to have snow, as the temps have to be closer to 30 degrees for snow to actually form ... it's that high pressure system swooping in afterwards that causes the problems.

I really envy your weather (HO HO HO), we have to make do with no snow, temperatures of 30F. But we manage must be something to do with the Sussexman character.
We have been told to expect 'really' cold weather soon, it might, Larry, drop to 29F at the weekend next. Please do feel sorry for us.
Sussexman

It's finally warming up enough for the snow to melt today, it's still not even 10 deg out, but is predicted to get into the mid 30's today!:-)

The ind is supposed to blow, which will help clear off the snow too,,,hopefully it won't blow so hard that the drifts don't form, sometimes around here it blows so hard the snow seems to just disappear!

It's finally warming up enough for the snow to melt today, it's still not even 10 deg out, but is predicted to get into the mid 30's today!:-)

The ind is supposed to blow, which will help clear off the snow too,,,hopefully it won't blow so hard that the drifts don't form, sometimes around here it blows so hard the snow seems to just disappear!